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Cyberpunk Lives

Starting in the 1980s speculative-fiction writers created a subgenre—cyberpunk—that not only predicted but also helped shape the future.

On April 24th the School of Cinematic Arts hosted the USC Visions and Voices event Cyberpunk: Past and Future that feature some of the genre’s most interesting voices including Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, Nalo Hopkinson and Mark Pauline.

The day also included world building exercises, a revisit of essential Cyberpunk characters like Max Headroom and that quintessential mode of Cyberpunk communication—the rant.